Part I. Introduction

This section will introduce you to monitoring in general, and Prometheus more specifically.

In Chapter 1 you will learn about the many different meanings of monitoring and approaches to it, the metrics approach that Prometheus takes, and the architecture of Prometheus.

In Chapter 2 you will get your hands dirty running a simple Prometheus setup that scrapes machine metrics, evaluates queries, and sends alert notifications.

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